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Centennial
by James A. Michener
Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start Centennial, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.
- Pages
- 1,537
- Reading time
- ≈ 27 h 50 min
- Checkpoints
- 43
- Genre
- Classic
Free on iPhone and Android.
How long does it take to read Centennial?
At 1,537 pages, Centennial is a doorstopper. Expect about 27 hours 50 minutes of reading to finish it, based on 250 words per page and an average reading speed of 230 words per minute. A fast reader will go quicker; a careful read (or reading in a second language) will take longer.
At 30 minutes a day, that is about 56 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 22 reading days. For a book of this length (600 pages or more), Vread readers who finish it take a median of 6.4 days between the first and the last checkpoint (Vread Reading Barometer 2026).
- 30 minutes a day56 days
- Vread median pace (72 pp./day)22 days
Estimates; see the method at the bottom of the page.
Prove you read it
The Vread challenge: 43 checkpoints
- Checkpoint 1, page 36
- Checkpoint 2, page 71
- Checkpoint 3, page 107
- Checkpoint 4, page 143
- Checkpoint 5, page 179
- Checkpoint 6, page 214
- Checkpoint 7, page 250
- Checkpoint 8, page 286
- Checkpoint 9, page 322
- Checkpoint 10, page 357
- Checkpoint 11, page 393
- Checkpoint 12, page 429
- Checkpoint 13, page 465
- Checkpoint 14, page 500
- Checkpoint 15, page 536
- Checkpoint 16, page 572
- Checkpoint 17, page 608
- Checkpoint 18, page 643
- Checkpoint 19, page 679
- Checkpoint 20, page 715
- Checkpoint 21, page 751
- Checkpoint 22, page 786
- Checkpoint 23, page 822
- Checkpoint 24, page 858
- Checkpoint 25, page 894
- Checkpoint 26, page 929
- Checkpoint 27, page 965
- Checkpoint 28, page 1001
- Checkpoint 29, page 1037
- Checkpoint 30, page 1072
- Checkpoint 31, page 1108
- Checkpoint 32, page 1144
- Checkpoint 33, page 1180
- Checkpoint 34, page 1215
- Checkpoint 35, page 1251
- Checkpoint 36, page 1287
- Checkpoint 37, page 1323
- Checkpoint 38, page 1358
- Checkpoint 39, page 1394
- Checkpoint 40, page 1430
- Checkpoint 41, page 1466
- Checkpoint 42, page 1501
- Checkpoint 43, page 1537
In Vread, Centennial is split into 43 checkpoints, one every 36 pages or so. At each checkpoint, a question covers the passage you have just read: a correct answer validates the step, and your progress moves forward like a training plan.
The challenge: validate all 43 checkpoints through to the last page. No giant quiz at the end, no summary to copy out: short questions along the way that prove the book was actually read. It also works as a reading quiz to check your understanding before a test.
Also available in French on Vread.
Illustrative example
What a checkpoint looks like
A short, precise question about the pages you have just read: a character, a place, a choice.
The answer is in the text: reply in the app.
This is not a question from Centennial: to avoid spoilers, the real questions stay in the app.
Answer in the app, one checkpoint at a time.
Summary, quiz, reviews: frequently asked questions
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